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The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
BUSINESS AVAILABILITY.
Courteous Treatment of the Rich and Poor,
and Its Commercial Value.

Courteous Treatment of the Rich and Poor,
and Its Commercial Value.
Bishop Ames, of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church once delivered sermon
in Washington in the presence of men,
bers of Congress, the President and a
large number of other Government off
cials on the subject of amiability in
business. His text related to the per-
sonal characteristics of the prophet
Daniel, the leading characteristic Of
whom was amiability of department.,
winning to Daniel by his traits, nearly
all with whom he cam, in contact.
From this starting point the Bishop
proceeded to sum up some OF the OBJ
servations of his own long life, show
ing how men of his acquaintance had
succeeded in their several occupations
by the practice of habitual courtesy
without insincerity, this trait, of course,
accompanied by honesty and in
dustry. "Other things being equal, y
said the great preacher, 81 al
ways prefer to buy my goods
at the store from that clerk who
has a friendly word and Il kindly look
of recognition. So, too, Iprefer to dea
with that business man who has q
pleasant demeanor, and treats me like
a brother. Other things being equal
| such a clerk and such business mar
will win where others of different social
qualities will fail"
The good Bishop long since passed tt
final rest, but the lesson he sought tt
impress upon the young, on the oc
casion of which we speak, is as i'm
portant now as it was then, and EN-
| ployer and employed in all branches o
trade and industry could heed it will
| profit. In politics, the lack of amia
bility has sent many a candidate to tn
rear, and in business depending upol
the voluntary favor of the public (an'
what business does notp it marked tn
line between success and failure 70
many firm. Courteous treatment O
the rich and poor alike thus has no
only commercial value above est
mate, but it comes very near to the fu1
tillment of divine command. Lam
dry Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
IA, WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY l9, 1887.

the inviolability of American suffrage.
Every man is free and equal. Every
citizen has an equal voice in the Ma
TONS councils. '.What an upheaval
of society there would be- exclaimed
Mr.. Evarts, "if any man lawfully Il cit
izen by the laws and constitution Of
the country should be prevented from
voting or told that his vote when re-
ceived would not be counted"
Has Mr.. Evarts already forgotten
how he happened to occupy "the
highest Office in the land but one?"
Has he forgotten two very ingenious
speeches which he delivered on Febru-
ary and February Is, 1877, before a
body known to history as the Electoral
Commission, in which he told certain
citizens of Louisiana and Florida that
their votes, although received, ought
not to be counted?-M Y. Sun
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19

these valleys make land and get their
farms? Passing along, see on some
high, steep mountain slopes which have
q sunny exposure row after row of what
resembles the milestones along our rail-
ways, only these stones are not more
than three or four yards apart. Neither
are they all stones, but slabs of wood
fastened in the crevices Of the rock or
propped up in some way. AS l came
nearer to some of them lowest on the
mountain side, 1 noticed that they were
joined one to another by plated or in
terwoven withes and supple branches
of trees, making fence of a couple of
feet in length. These rows extended
up the steep rocky sides of the noun
tains to dizzy heights that one can
hardly look up to, nor could l imagine
how people had climbed up these steep
bare rocks to fasten the posts, and then
to weave and twist the withes that
united them. On inquiring what these
fences were for, learned that they
were made with great difficulty and
danger to make lodgment for the par
ticles of rock that scale off and are
washed down the sides of the mount
aims by the heavy rains. In time soil
is formed upon the top of these narrow,
sloping beds thus made, on which po-
tatoes and some coarse grains are
grown. But it must be trade, dread
full as that of gathering samphire, to
make these little farms, and then to till
them and gather the crops. One can
not but ask what will not a man give
for his life? or what not do to forestall
starvation?-L. II. s., IN Detroit 1rab-
| me.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
Valleys Of the Atlantic.

In the report of the London Geo.
graphical Society on the deep-sea ex-
plorations of the Atlantic bed previous
statements concerning its confguration
are verified, namely, that the bottom OF
the North Atlantic is occupied by two
valleys, the eastern extending from ten
to thirty degrees west longitude, and
traceable as far as the equator, with an
extreme depth Of less than thirteen
thousand feet, while the western valley
reaches from the thirtieth to the fiftisth
degree of west longitude. The twoare
separated by ridge in thirty degrees
west longitude, along which the average
depth is only one thousand fatho'ns
and which can be traced northward te
Iceland, and southwark to the Azores
it is volcanic in character at both ex
tremities. It's extreme breadth is some
what less than five hundred miles, th'
depth Of water increasing on both side
| of it according to the distance OF its axis
IN. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
MusIc's CHARMS.
Staid Seotchmen Whose Indignation W rs
Soothed by Tenor Voice.

Staid Seotchmen Whose Indignation was
soothed by Tenor Voice.
Here is story of q meeting OF credit
ors. The place was an old-fashioned
Scotch borough, fast dwindling into a
village, and the meeting was held in
the smoke-room of the largest inn. the
time being All hour in the evening
when every ones work was done. A
chairman was appointed, the usual pre-
liminaries were gone through, and then
the statement of affairs was read. Sad
to say, there were no assets. BY this
time most of those present had filled
their pipes and ordered comforting
and soothing drinks. The debtors s
solicitor had no offer to make,
and for time there was a dead
pause, and every one looked very
blue indeed. But presently one OF the
company remembered that the debtor
had a capital tenor voice, and he sugg-
gested to the chairman that, as he (the
debtor) could make no offer to his credit
ors, he could at least give them a song
The suggestion was met with consider
| able approval, and was at once acted
upon. The unfortunate man was called
into the room, and, very much to hi
astonishment, was asked to sing to TIN
| meeting. He gave them: "Then You'll
| Remember Me- and several other ap
propriate songs, which met with raptur
Gus applause, and before the compan.,
broke up they unanimously voted hin
his immediate discharge. Who will sa
after this that the art of singing shoult
not be cultivated Christian Union.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
AN OLD SOLDIER.
High Political Honors Declined by
Great-Nephew of Washington.

High Political HOnors Declined by
Great-Nephew of Washington.
An octogenarian, formerly Colonel
in the United States army, and brother
in-law of General Robert E. Lee-both
of whom married sisters, nieces of Mrs.
Washington--lives at St. Louis, and is
now the oldest surviving graduate Of
West Point. In recent letter to one
several years his correspondent, he
writes: "a late number of the Boston
Herald contains, in an article headed,
In These Now Quiet Times, the error
that President Pierce alone had the
honor, of the twenty-five Administra
tions, of having retained his Cabinet in
tact throughout the four years he was
in Office Colonel E. G. w. Butler,
the writer of the letter, who was a
great-nephew of General Washington,
says: '.In order to vindicate the truth
of history, will state that /, a stranger
to President Pierce and Secretary-of
War Jefferson Davis, declined the
office of Secretary-of-War in the
| Cabinet of President Pierce, rendered
me by Mr.. Davis. With his eyesight
impaired and for the most part confined
to his house, Colonel Butler retains all
his faculties in all their pristine yigor.
He is an interesting link of connection
between our own day and Washing
toms, whose life was ending as his own
began. It may be interesting to recall
that his father was one of the four
| fighting brothers, so called, memora-
| BILE in the revolution and our early
wars, while his own maternal grand
| father was Colonel of the British grena-
diers at Bunker Hill. He says modestly,
in his letter., that President Pierce and
Secretary Davis appeared to have
placed too high an estimate upon his
abilities; but he had laid down his
sword and embarked in sugar planting,
and was unwilling to resume public
office. Though his letter is written
| with his own hand, he says he can not
read it. for he is still suffering from his
wounds, and nearly blind, but contin-
ues to take deep interest in public
events. Boston TranscriDt.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
CARRIER PIGEONS.
Where They We're First Trained for MAX.
ing Long Journeys.

ing Long Journeys.
It is not known with what nation the
use of the carrier pigeon originated,
but there is no doubt that the customis
very ancient. The Romans used the
birds for this purpose, and Sir John
Vaudeville, one of the earliest travellers
from Europe to the Orient, states that
he found them used in the same way
among the Asiatics. We have the as
sertion of the poet Tasso for believing
that they were so employed during the
siege of Jerusalem in 1899, and it is an
undoubted historical fact that they were
used during the crusade of st. Louis in
1850. The most remarkable instance
of the use Of carrier pigeons in modern
times, was during the siege of Paris
in 1870. They have been more gem
orally used in Turkey than in any
other country for many centuries. and
the art of training them is UNDER
stood to be carried to its greatest per-
fection there. The trainer takes the
pigeons when they have acquired full
strength of wing in covered basket to
a distance of about half mile from their
home; here they are set at liberty and
thrown into the air, and ifany fail in
returning home from this short distance
they are regarded as naturally stupid.
and no time is wasted in endeavoring to
train them. Those that do come home
are trained by being taken to greater
distances, progressively increased to
forty or fifty miles. When the bird is
able to accomplish this flight he may be
trusted to fly any distance over lands
within the limits of physical power.
This drilling must be begun very early,
or even the best breeds of birds will not
become good carriers. 1t is the general
plan to keep the birds in dark room
for some hours before they are used.
They are then fed sparingly, but
are given all the water they
can drink. The paper on which
the message is written is then
carefully tied round the upper part o.
the birds leg or to one'of the large
feathers of the tail, so as not to impede
its flight in any way. The feet are
washed in vinegar to keep them from
getting too dry during the birds fligh
so as to tempt it to descend to wate1
and run the risk of getting its messag
wet. The ordinary rate Of fight for
carrier pigeon is from twenty to thirt.,
miles an hour, though instances Q
much more rapid flight are on record
The pigeon, when thrown up into tn
air, at first flies round and round. Thi
is evidently for the purpose Of sightin
some landmark that it knows. Whe
this is perceived the bird instantly file
toward it, and as other familiar land
marks come gradually into sight, cor
tinues its journey on till it's home
reached. If no landmark is perceive
the bird is bewildered and lost an
finally returns to the earth again.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
SOLAR ENGINE.
An Invention Whose Importance Can Not
Yet lie Estimated.

An Invention whose importance Gan Not
Yet lie Estimated.
The telegraph recently mentioned the
completion of Captain Ericsson's i'm
provement on his solar engine. For
dozen years or more this Incompatible
inventor has devoted his genius mainly
tothe perfection of this engine, although
in the meantime he has invented a tor
pedo boat that promises to revolution
ize once more the methods of naval
warfare and coast defense. Indeed, a
dozen years ago he had solar engine in
practical operation, but it was not his
design that itshould be able to compete
with engines using ordinary fuel in tenn
perate regions. His purpose has been
to invent for the future when the supply
of fuel shall have become depleted in the
great manufacturing regions of Eu-
rope. "Due consideration, he has said,
"can not fail to convince us that the
rapid exhaustion of the European coal
fields will soon cause great changes with
reference to International relations, in
favor of those countries which are in
possession of continuous sun-power.
Upper Egypt, for example, will, in the
course Of few centuries, derive signal
advantage and attain a high political
| position on account of her perpetual
sunshine and the consequent command
of unlimited motive force. The time
will come when England must stop her
mills for want Of coal. Upper Egypt
then, with her unceasing sun-power,
will invite the European manufacturer
to remove his machinery and erect his
mills on the firm ground along the sides
of the alluvial plain of the Nile, where
an amount of motive power may be OBJ
tanned many times greater than that
now employed by all the manufactures
of Europe.
j Captain Ericsson has computed the
mechanical power that would result
from utilizing the solar heat on a strip
Of land a single mile in width along the
rainless coast of America, the southern
, coast of the Mediterranean, the Nile, the
] Tigris and Euprates, the Persian Gulf
, and the Red Sea--an aggregate length
!, of land exceeding 8, 900 miles, accessible
= by water communication. On such q
i strip 100000 solar engines equal to
g 100 horsepower each, could be kept in
: operation nine hours day by utilizing
a only the heat now wasted on the water
!. fronts of these sunburnt regions.
Q Itwould require pages to merely men
!. ton the Intentional and scientific
{. achievements Of the wonderful geniu
J. who gave us the Monitor" in the mos
le trying period Of our National strugg!
,s for existence. There is hardly fiel
4 Of scientific inquiry in which he has nc
: operated. Atthe age of thirteen he wa
put in charge Of the work Of a section
= an important ship-canal, and when onl
- child Of nine years he devised . r.
! markable pumping engine. He is no
"a in his eighty seventh year, yethe worl
- ten hours day andis in robush healt
+ In many respects he is the most :
- markable mechanical genius the wor
has ever known. -Aslsoaukss SenssH'
y -. Z.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
HAS HE FoRGoTTEN3
What Will Kill AL of Mr.. Evart's Pre-.
idential Aspirations.

idential ASPIRATIONS.
A dinner consisting in part Of Boston
brown bread, Boston baked beans and
Boston crackers was lately eaten in st.
Louis by the members of the New En-
gland Society of that town. This some-
what arid diet, it appears from the
published reports, was relieved and be-
dewed by the eloquence of Senator
Evarts, and by copious draughts Of
crab-apple cider. The occasion was
also enliyened by the nomination Of
Mr.. Evarts for President of the United
States. Mr.. James Richardson, of st.
Louis. introduced the New York Sem
ator as statesman who had "filled the
highest office in the land but one. The
people of the United States,'' added
Mr.. Richardson, "are waiting his will
and pleasure to adorn and exalt the
Executive chair There was a good
deal of applause and considerable
laughter when the waggish gentleman
reversed the general understanding of
Mr.. Eyarts' position in regard to the
Executive chair, namely, that it is he
who is waiting the will and pleasure of
the people of the United States before
seating himself therein.
Mr.. warts, however, seems to have
taken the nomination in earnest. He
proceedea to develop his theories Of
popular government, and made an un-
Unstable old for the Western vote. His
remarks were excellent, and there is
only one passage in the printed report
of his speech which we do not quite un-
derstans. He intends to run for Presi.
dent, we infer, on a platform deelarine
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19
RESIGNATION.
I do not care

LIDO not care
III may never climb the heights OF fame
II may never win glorious name,
Nor hear, with wellpleased ears, the world
acclaim,
/ do not care.
should not care
Though all obscure and lowly be my lot,
Though men pass idly by and know me not,
Though l should die and straightway be forgot,
should not care.
would not care
Though all the world should shun the path I
tread,
Though words Of shame and scorn of me were
said
Why, when the grasses waved above my head,
would not cara
would not care cent
Were pious hermit, most austere,
Living, in lowly hermitage severe,
On thirty thousand dollars, say, year,
Iwould not care.
-Bardette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-01-19

"A newly discovered Mexican
flower is quite wonder, if reports are
true. It is said to be white in the morn
ing, red at noon and blue at night, and
is further credited with emitting per-
fume only at the middle Of the day. It
grows on tree Of the lsthmus Of
! Tehuantepec.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-28
Washington Territory

WAsH1NeroN, October 27.-Eugene
Semple, governor of Washington Ter
ritory, in his annual report to the Sec
rotary of the Interior. estimates the
population at 143 .669, an increase of over
5000 during the past two years. The
taxable property of the Territory, eX-
elusive of railroad property, is given at
$50, 6s3 ,S96. an increase of nearly $500 600
over last year. Settlement on the pub
lie lands, of which nearly 1900, GOO
acres remain unsurveyed, has been re-
tarded by that fact, by the uncertainty
of the Northern Pacific titles and by
extensive Indian reservations, etc. The
report speaks at length of the resources
and capabilities of the Territory IN the
way of crops, stockraising, mineral and
lumber production, etc., as of great
variety and importance. OF the $4,000
children of school age the average daily
attendance is about $4,000. Labor is
hardly equal to the demand. The sal
mon fisheries yielded 1924 600 during
the wear.
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Ex-ConfSdora,es.

RICHMOND, October 27.-Among the
x-Confederates present at the cere-
monies here to-day, who were fire.
quently greeted with cheers and ap-
plause as they we're recognized by the
crowd, we're: General Wade Hampton,
Joseph z. Johnston, Jubal A. Early,
Daniel Ruggles. J. D. Imboden, Bradley
T. Johnson, William McComb, r. l.
Page, George H. Stewart, L. T.. Lomax,
Robert Ransom, Mat Ransom, Eppo
Hunton, q. NJ. Wilcox, W. D. Gala
faro, Ex-Governor William Cameron,
United States Senator John w. Daniel,
also Colonies Charles s. VeDable,
Walter 81. Taylor and Charles Mar
shall, of General R. E. Lees staff.
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On reassembiing at pm, the argu-
| ments were concluded, md the Court
ruled the evidence was not admissible
In the present state of the case.
+ Mr.. Ref o was crnss-examined: Was
| in che Office at the time heard ID
shots; paid practically no attention tC
them; Donahue was laid off and dis
charged when he got his time, the day
Eof the homicide; FIaherty was dis
charged the day before.
R V roHE-Was justice of the
peace at Eureka; held an insS=st over
| deceased: went over Mtmmo h HOl-
low on the night IF Augu t 1th; found a
man lying dead, anothvr lying be-
SIDE him, apparently deal; there were
two Other men there, Leech ana Mans
field; there was
BULLET HOLE IN THE FOREHEAD
of Flaherty. and one in the back of the
head; there we're powder marks on the
face of the other man and hnliet hole
in the wall To he left of his head.
JOHN LEEoH Lived a. Mammoth
Hollow; saw Fiaherty on the night of
rue 7th,in the cabin; the cabin belonged
to Mr.. Wheeler; ID Ion aud l rented
the cabin from Wheeler about the 1st
of August; there were three rooms; we
slept III separate rooms; Bert Either
had been sleeping there; came there in
August; he irst asked Dillon if he
could stay there; | was in the cabin
when Flaherty was shot; Bert and |
were in the cabin; l was lying on my
bed; Flaherty and Donahue came into
the room aud woke me up. | sat upon
the bed; it was between 7 anu s
O'Clock; lit a candle; FIaherty
sat to my left and Donahue to
my right; the latter was pretty full;
| asked Elaherty when he came to
camp; talked about going to work;
said Mansfield was his partner and was
from Bingham; l said would like to
see him, and said it was too bad had
nothing to drink; with that Bert came
IN and saiu something about the bottle;
l said never mind; well get some
more: gave him $50 aud a-ked him to
go after some whisky; he was gone
about half an hour; when he came back
he was gOod-natured, l told him to
take a drink; then passed it to
Ialking to hjmselfl, and l said, take q
drink, it might stop your mouth
little" Bert drank first: after the
drinking B TT said something about
shooting; Donahue said,
"oH, YOU DRY UP, You CANT SHOOT"
Bert then went out and came imme
diately with two pistols. handed one to
Donahue and said, You old bastard,
defen, yourself grabbed the pistol
and looking into the pistol saw it was
empty, aud said, What do you want
to give a man an empty pistol for to de-
fend himself with2' He raised the
pistol and shot toward Donahue; that
put out the light. and kind O. stunned
me; struck match, and reached over
towards the candle stick, but it was not
in its place; l thought to myself, what
has become of the candle; l found a
short piece, and just as got another
light a second shot was fired and put out
the light; Bert went out and shouted,
"Leech, for Gods sake, coma and save
metz
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The Daily Disaster.

COLORADO SPRINGS, October GA
freight train on the Midland road was
derailed near Florissaut, at o'clock
this morning, by broken rail. Fire
man Torbett. of Leadville, and Brake
man Dave Kelly. of this city. were
caught beneath the engine and their
heads crushed to a jellv. They died
instantly. Engineer Walter Meyer is
perhaps fatally injured.
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An Island Wanted.

LOUISVILLE, October 27.-The State of
Indiana has sued the State of Kentucky
for possession of Green River Island,
which is situated in the Ohio River. at
the mouth of Green River, and just
above Evansville, Ind. During low
been for twenty years. Therefore, the
State of Indiana claims the island as
part of her territory. though it is now
treated as part of Kentucky.
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SALE Ar PUBLIC AUCTIONE

THE CELEBRATED THOROrGHBhRD
j stallion, OCTOPUS, sired by Don Victor,
Dam Midnight Bell, anu oEs ed by the estate
of The late DR.. ] NJ Williamson, win DC sod
at public auction to the gh9et bidder i,r
cash, on Saturday, October 29tb. at 5 o {, eek
pm. in front of the Livery Siables of Nal
10y & Paul. Hon. John K Yinder o. this
city, is the owner OF several OF his progeny,
which can be seen at his farm, fo0r SEi4ak
south OF the city.
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LIME AND BgILDING RoOK-

HFESSRS. VARLEY & EVERIIL HAYs
Ill ing leased the lime Elns known as IL
PascOe Lime Kilns, from the Utah
Lime and Cement Company, are prepared 10
furnish first Class Lime and Building Rock
in any quantity, on the shortest not Fe'
Office and salesrOom No. so South ives
Temple Street, North of HERALD Building
Telephone No. 277.s
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Harcourt and Coercion.

LONDON, October 81. Sir. William Yer
non Hsrcourt, speaking at Portsmouth,
to-day, denied that 1t was possible to
shelve the Irish question which came
back always with renewed force.
Coercion. he would not question, was
like the tabled hydra. when one head
was cut off, another would grow in its
Dlara